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Scream box, Princess Mononoke, From Dusk Till Dawn, and more.

By IGN Staff

What up DVDheads, it's time for another roundup of the past week's announcements for new DVD titles coming your way. These announcements cover titles coming out every week from August 15 through October 3, and though there's nothing here that's got me all atingle, there is definitely some solid product on the way. Let's take them once again by date, and remember to click on the titles in red for additional details on their features, eh?

On August 15 Fox is releasing yet another 2-disc set, this one for Titus, last year's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus," starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.

Criterion is also releasing a trio of new titles on 8/15: Laurence Olivier's version of Hamlet; Pygmalion; and Jimmy Cliff's reggae adventure The Harder They Come. That last one is going to have a commentary by Jimmy Cliff, which ought to be interesting, because his English has such a heavy Jamaican accent that the movie needed English subtitles when it was released.

On August 22 the heist-flashback flick Simpatico, with an all-star cast including Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte, Sharon Stone, and Albert Finney is coming.

A week later, on August 29, the long-awaited Princess Mononoke will finally come out with a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer and Dolby 5.1 sound-- but only with dubbed English dialogue, not the original Japanese track.

On September 5 Fox will release the teen romance Here On Earth, with Chris Klein from American Pie and Lelee Sobieski from Eyes Wide Shut.

Then on September 12 Buena Vista starts its two weeks of prolific releases: the box-office and critical disaster Mission to Mars; the romantic comedy Stiff Upper Lips; and the Indian family drama East is East.

Buena Vista continues on September 19 by releasing the John Cusack comedy High Fidelity, which is one of those movies I really wanted to see in the theater but didn't, so I'm looking forward to it on DVD.

And, Buena Vista will get into the boxed set game on September 26 when it releases the Scream Box Set. Also arriving on 9/26 will be James Toback's Black and White; the underdog football drama Rudy; the 1992 boxing drama Gladiator with Cuba Gooding, Jr.; and the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino popcorn flick From Dusk Till Dawn.

October 3 Warner Bros. will release a trio of titles: Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders; Michael Caine in the original revenge drama, Get Carter, and H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

And finally, on October 24 Warner will release Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, with the fabulous vocal talents of Mark Hamill as The Joker.